Epidural steroid therapy for back and leg pain: Mechanisms of action and efficacy

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-201

  McLain, Robert F ^a   Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Mekhail, Nagy A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Epidural steroid injection; Lumbar spine; Nonoperative management; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRADYKININ; BUPIVACAINE; COLLAGENASE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; ICOSANOID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE; LIDOCAINE; LIPOCORTIN; LYMPHOKINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROCAINE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SEROTONIN; STEROID; SUBSTANCE P; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOXANE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARACHNOIDITIS; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUID RETENTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACK PAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATICA;

EID: 14744288827     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.10.046     Document Type: Review

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